Brown Resigns From Law School Gig; Will Return To Politics

RYE, NH — When former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-NH) accepted a job leading New England Law-Boston, after serving as the ambassador to New Zealand for the Trump administration, most presumed it meant he would probably be exiting from politics permanently.

When he spent a good part of the summer performing with his cover band, Scott Brown and the Diplomats, who play in Salisbury, Massachusetts, on Saturday, it even reconfirmed the belief — although music and politics are often matched, in many ways.

This is why it came as a surprise on Wednesday when Brown resigned from the law school job, saying he would be heading back into the political arena ... sort of.

Brown offered his resignation telling the school that his vision differed from that of the school’s board. Instead, Brown has decided to start re-engaging the body politic, in the months ahead, in an effort to move beyond the gridlock at the local, state, and national levels.

“I'm going to help support and help the party the town committees and people who I feel want to break through the partisanship,” Brown said in a text to Patch. “Nationally, as well.”

Brown said he probably would not be a candidate in 2022 and also called the break from the school “amicable.”

According to the Boston Globe, the school board chairwoman, Diana Wheeler, thanked Brown for his service and for the energy and enthusiasm he brought to the job.

Brown, an Army veteran, was a state representative and state Senator in Wrentham, Massachusetts, between 1998 and 2010, while also serving in the Army National Guard. In 2010, he shocked the political world by winning a special election to serve out the remainder of the late-U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy's term.

But in 2012, Brown was easily defeated by then-Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren.

He and his wife, former WCVB-TV anchor Gail Huff, moved to Rye where Brown spent his summers as a child and where his family has lived for decades. Later, he easily won the Republican nomination for Senate in 2014. Brown was defeated, however, in the general election by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

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